This method helps in preparing brms models for certin post-processing
tasks most notably various forms of predictions. Unless you are a package
developer, you will rarely need to call extract_draws
directly.
# S3 method for brmsfit
extract_draws(x, newdata = NULL, re_formula = NULL,
allow_new_levels = FALSE, sample_new_levels = "uncertainty",
incl_autocor = TRUE, resp = NULL, nsamples = NULL, subset = NULL,
nug = NULL, smooths_only = FALSE, offset = TRUE,
new_objects = list(), ...)extract_draws(x, ...)
An R object typically of class 'brmsfit'
.
An optional data.frame for which to evaluate predictions. If
NULL
(default), the original data of the model is used.
formula containing group-level effects to be considered in
the prediction. If NULL
(default), include all group-level effects;
if NA
, include no group-level effects.
A flag indicating if new levels of group-level
effects are allowed (defaults to FALSE
). Only relevant if
newdata
is provided.
Indicates how to sample new levels for grouping
factors specified in re_formula
. This argument is only relevant if
newdata
is provided and allow_new_levels
is set to
TRUE
. If "uncertainty"
(default), include group-level
uncertainty in the predictions based on the variation of the existing
levels. If "gaussian"
, sample new levels from the (multivariate)
normal distribution implied by the group-level standard deviations and
correlations. This options may be useful for conducting Bayesian power
analysis. If "old_levels"
, directly sample new levels from the
existing levels.
Optional names of response variables. If specified, predictions are performed only for the specified response variables.
Positive integer indicating how many posterior samples should
be used. If NULL
(the default) all samples are used. Ignored if
subset
is not NULL
.
A numeric vector specifying the posterior samples to be used.
If NULL
(the default), all samples are used.
Small positive number for Gaussian process terms only. For
numerical reasons, the covariance matrix of a Gaussian process might not be
positive definite. Adding a very small number to the matrix's diagonal
often solves this problem. If NULL
(the default), nug
is
chosen internally.
Logical; If TRUE
only draws related to the
computation of smooth terms will be extracted.
Logical; Indicates if offsets should be included in the
predictions. Defaults to TRUE
.
Further arguments passed to validate_newdata
.
An object of class 'brmsdraws'
or 'mvbrmsdraws'
,
depending on whether a univariate or multivariate model is passed.